Washboiler.



TTED STATES PATENT OFFICE..

CHARLES c. JORDAN, OE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

WASHBOILER.

SPECIFICATION forming; part of Letters Patent No. 643,378, datedFebruary 13, 190i).

Application filed October 30,1899. Serial No. 735,149. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Washboilers, of which the following is aspecication.

This invention relates to improvements in washboilers wherein means areemployed for the circulation of the hot water and steam.

The invention consists of the novel arrangement and combination ofparts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a vertical longitudinal sectionthrough a boiler andl shows my improved construction and removablebottom, which latter is sectioned on the line l l of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is abottom plan View of the removable bottom and illustrates the same asdivided into compartments. Fig. 3 is a top plan View of a portion of alboiler with the cover removed and showing the removable bottom therein.

In the drawings, Adesignates an ordinary fiange c, which extendsentirely aroundthe same. Partition-walls d extend across the undersurface of the removable bottom and connect with the downward-projectingflange c, thereby forming on said under surface four compartments e.Short pipes f project upward from the top of the removable bottom, andone of said pipes opens into each compartment e. To permit the water andsteam to circulate into the compartments,the flange cis provided withholes or notches g, which open from the boiler proper into eachcompartment.

The vertical wall of the boiler A is provided at intervals on itsinternal surface with keepers 7i, which are secured thereto by anysuitable means. Short vertical pipes t' are loosely supported, each bytwo of the keepers h, against the vertical wall of the boiler, and eachvertical pipe at its top carries a short lateral pipe h', which servesas a discharge-nozzle.

pipe t' is provided with a double elbow lc, which latter is adapted tobe swung out or away from the wall of the boiler and take position overthe removable bottom, as in Fig.

At its lower end each vertical l, and also connect with one of the shortpipes f, projecting upward. The vertical pipe, nozzle, and double elbowmay be raised and low ered vertically to connect with or disconnect fromthe short pipef. A handle Z is secured to the removable bottom forconvenience in lifting the latter out of the boiler.

The operation is simple and as follows: When the removable bottom C has.been placed within the boiler and the severalelbows k connected with thepipes f, the device is ready for use. Water and steam from each of thecompartments e will be forced up through the short pipes f, thencethrough the elbows k, up the pipes t', and finally discharge at thenozzle 7L on to the contents of the boiler.

When it is desired to remove the bottom C from the boiler, the severalpipes t' will be drawn up through the keepers h until the elbows areeach disconnected from the short pipes f. The elbows are then swungaround against the vertical wall of the boiler, asin Fig. 3, and theremovable bottom C may then be lifted out, leaving the pipes attached tothe walls of the boiler.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isi l. The combination of a receptacle; aremovable bottom in said receptacle-said bottom provided with a pluralnumber of conipartments each in communication with the receptacle andhaving a pipe opening into each compartment and projecting upward; andupward projecting discharge pipes loosely attached to thewalls of thereceptacle and having double elbows for connection with the pipesopening into the compartments and adapted to be swung around against theside of the boiler when not in use.

2. The combination of a receptacle; a re- K movable bottom in saidreceptacle and provided With compartments in communication with thereceptacle; keepers on the wall of the p receptacle; a pipe looselysupported by said keepers and having a double elbow, said pipe IOO andelbow capable of both a horizontal and vertical movement, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix. my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES C. JORDAN.

Witnesses:

CHARLES B. MANN, J r., CHARLES VIETsoH.

